Gail Fisher won an Emmy Award in 1970 for her portrayal of Peggy Fair, secretary to the detective played by Mike Connors on the CBS television series ''Mannix." She won the award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama Series.
Halle Berry is a mix of African American and Caucasian. She has been an actress since 1989. She became the first African American woman as of 2009 to receive a best actress award.
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Chritina Agularia a famous American actress and singer was only nine year old when she became an actress. She first appeared in the Micky Mouse club, a popular TV show produced by Walt Disney.
She was 21 when she first started her career in acting in 1932.
It was Penelope Cruz, who two years later became the first Spanish actress to win an Academy Award for her performance in Woody Allen" "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (2008). She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Academy Award for Best Actress: Halle Berry
Sophia Loren won Best Actress for the Italian movie Two Women (1961).
Rachel McAdams became an actress first and it was her celebrity status that got her modeling opportunities.
Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards during her distinguished career -- all for Best Actress.
Hattie McDaniel won the 1939 Best Supporting Actress award for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind."
She became an actress in 2001, when she was 8, after she began taking singing and acting lessons at the Armstrong Acting Studio in Toronto. Her first role was as a girl named Kylie in Doc.